Rank |
Month |
Location/event |
Deaths |
1 |
Sep. 11, 2001 |
New York, NY, World Trade Center terrorist attack |
2,666 (2) |
2 |
Apr. 27, 1865 |
Mississippi River, SS Sultana steamship |
1,547 |
3 |
Oct. 8, 1871 |
Peshtigo, WI, forest fire |
1,152 |
4 |
Jun. 15, 1904 |
New York, NY, General Slocum steamship |
1,030 |
5 |
Dec. 30, 1903 |
Chicago, IL, Iroquois Theater |
602 |
6 |
Oct. 12, 1918 |
Cloquet, MN, forest fire |
559 |
7 |
Nov. 28, 1942 |
Boston, MA, Cocoanut Grove night club |
492 |
8 |
Apr. 16, 1947 |
Texas City, TX, SS Grandcamp and Monsanto Chemical Co. plant |
468 |
9 |
Sep. 1, 1894 |
Hinckley, MN, forest fire |
418 |
10 |
Dec. 6, 1907 |
Monongha, WV, coal mine explosion |
361 |
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